Letters from observatories, 1878 - 1879
Scope and Contents
Letters from various British and international observatories on filling vacancies, the foundation of new observatories in Jamaica and Japan, requests for instruments for New Zealand, and reports from various centres. The correspondents include C.P. Smyth, R. Herbert, L. Mallet, W.H.M. Christie, Sir D. Gill, C. Pritchard, N.R. Pogson, E.J. Stone, A.E.B. Mouchez, the Earl of Rosse, O. Struve and E.B. Baillaud. There are also reports from the Edinburgh, Colaba, Oxford University and Strasbourg observatories; an engraving of St Benedicts Monastery, Fort William; a description of High Bebington Observatory, Cheshire; an article in 'The Oxford University Gazette'; and a piece on the work performed by the Astronomer Royal.
Dates
- Creation: 1878 - 1879
Creator
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
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Extent
1 archive box(es) (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
K1/16
Finding aid date
2006-01-06 10:05:54+00:00
Subject
- Christie, William Henry Mahoney, Sir, 1845 - 1922 (Knight, astronomer) (Person)
- University of Oxford (Organization)
- Stone, Edward James, 1831 - 1897 (astronomer) (Person)
- Gill, David, Sir, 1843 - 1914 (Knight, astronomer) (Person)
- Parsons, William, 1800 - 1867 (3rd Earl of Rosse, astronomer) (Person)
- Pogson, Norman Robert, 1829 - 1891 (astronomer) (Person)
- Pritchard, Charles, 1808 - 1893 (headmaster and astronomer) (Person)
- Smyth, Charles Piazzi, 1819 - 1900 (astronomer) (Person)
- Struve, Otto Wilhelm, 1819 - 1905 (astronomer) (Person)
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